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13-letter words containing s, t, e, a, l, h

  • slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
  • spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the fast lane — If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.
  • the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
  • the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
  • the last word — final retort
  • the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
  • the small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
  • thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
  • thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
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